KAMPALA, UGANDA: China has beaten its own record for ‘world’s Largest Dam’ by unveiling a new one that becomes the largest on planet earth.
The Baihetan Hydropower Station in Southwest China, the world’s largest hydropower project under construction, reached a milestone on Monday June 28, 2021 with the official start of operations of the first group of unique 1 million kilowatt generating units, as the Chinese people celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Experts and officials noted that the breakthrough of this super project marks a new milestone in the development of hydroelectricity in China, and also reflects the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, under the leadership of the CPC, in concentrating its efforts on major projects.
The Baihetan Hydropower Station is located downstream of the Jinsha River, an upper stretch of the Yangtze River, on the border of Southwest China’s Sichuan and Yunnan provinces where the world record holder, the Three Gorges Dam, is also located. In 2012, the Three Gorges Dam in China took over thenumber 1 spot of the largest hydroelectric dam (in electricity production), replacing the Itaipú hydroelectric power plant in Brazil and Paraguay.
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